Paul Albert

Paul A. Albert, 82, a resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico, passed away on May 29, 2025. He was born on May 2, 1943, in Bangor, Maine, to Alma Ouellette and Antonio Albert.

Paul is survived by his wife of 57 years, Delores (Dee) E. Albert of Albuquerque; sister and brother in law, Debra and Bob Young of Albuquerque; nephews Matt Young (Arlene) of Albuquerque, Michael Doran of Independence MO, Sean Doran of Irving TX, Norman Pinette Jr. of Rhode Island, Steven Pinette of Attleboro, MA, and Chris Pinette of MA; nieces Renee Pinette Johnson (Richard) of Rhode Island, and Mary McClusky (Ken) of MA.; and sisters-in-law Ina Pinette and Ellen Pinette both of MA; his brother-in-law Carl Clapp of Barnsdall, OK; as well as numerous great nieces and nephews.

Paul was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Norman Pinette and Clayton Pinette; his sister-in-law, Dona Clapp; and his niece, Frances Pinette Johnson.

Paul grew up and was educated in Millinocket, Maine. A year after graduating from high school, Paul joined the United States Air Force, where he served his country for eight years. During his enlistments, he saw the world with deployments to Japan, Germany, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Johnston, Atoll (in the South Pacific), and Vietnam.

In 1966, Paul was stationed at Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM, when he and Dee met, fell in love, and were married in 1967.

In 1969, Paul and Dee moved to Biloxi, MS where he went to school at Keesler AFB. That is where he received his training from the Air Force in computer repair.

In 1970, Paul and Dee moved to Colorado Springs, CO, where he was stationed at NORAD inside Cheyenne Mountain, where he continued his career in computer repair.

In 1971, Paul was deployed to Vietnam, furthering his career as a computer tech.

Paul was honorably discharged from the Air Force in 1972. He was hired by Sperry-Univac to continue working as a civilian on the same computers as he worked on in the USAF. They moved to Big Spring, TX, where he continued working as a civilian contractor for the Air Force at Webb AFB.

In 1973, Paul and Dee moved to Houston, TX, where he continued to work for Sperry-Univac at the Shell Oil Co. information center, continuing to utilize his knowledge as a computer tech. This is when they got involved with their hobby of owning and racing Corvettes. The San Jacinto Corvette Club was the first of four Corvette clubs they joined. Paul was a skilled mechanic and enjoyed working on their cars. When they participated in sanctioned racing events, Dee would compete to see how close she could come to matching Paul's times.

In 1975. Paul and Dee moved to El Paso, TX, where Paul continued working for Sperry-Univac as a civilian at Johnson Space Center at White Sands Missile Range. They continued their love of motorsports and joined El Paso Corvette, Inc. They lived in El Paso until 1989 when they made their final move to Albuquerque, NM.

In 1990, Paul went to work for Daifuku Robotics at the Intel plant in Rio Rancho. He was trained in robotics repair. In 1995 Paul went to work for Rental Service Co., a construction equipment rental company, where he was employed as an equipment repair mechanic. Paul and Dee started the Sun Cities Corvette Club of El Paso/Albuquerque, where they remained members in good standing until 2012 when they joined Tin Hall Toys with friends from Texas. For years, they attended many of the National Council of Corvette Clubs conventions which were held in different locations throughout the United States.

Besides his work with computers and cars, Paul also enjoyed art in many forms. Paul painted the large eagle on the hood of their 1971 red, white, and blue Corvette Stingray race car. He also painted on canvas and created multi-media art. From the time Paul went to Vietnam until he passed, he immersed himself in both film and digital photography. He was proud of his photos and posted his work on Flickr (sic) where he had numerous followers. One of his favorite subjects to shoot was anything and everything to do with the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, having a library of over 20,000 photos of balloons over the years.

Paul will be dearly missed, but the many wonderful memories of him will help ease the pain and sorrow that family and friends are feeling.

Paul will be interred at the Santa Fe National Cemetery on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at 1:30 PM.